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This study addresses the issue of household food consumption, its relation to gender and to food policy in Indonesia. Using econometric analyses of the Indonesian Family Life Survey, the study reveals that food expenditure patterns, particularly those of the poor households, warrant food policy attention

Intro -- INTERNATIONAL FOOD AID: PROGRAMS, DONORS, AND WORLD FOOD PROGRAM CONTROLS -- INTERNATIONAL FOOD AID: PROGRAMS, DONORS, AND WORLD FOOD PROGRAM CONTROLS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 INTERNATIONAL FOOD AID PROGRAMS: BACKGROUND AND ISSUES* -- SUMMARY -- BACKGROUND -- PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS -- Food for Peace Act (P.L. 480) -- Title I, Trade and Development Assistance -- Title II, Emergency and Development Assistance -- Title III, Food for Development -- Title V, Farmer-to-Farmer -- Section 416(b) -- Food for Progress (FFP) -- McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program -- Local and Regional Procurement Pilot Project (LRPP) -- The Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust (BEHT) -- FUNDING OF FOOD AID -- The Administration's FY2011 Budget Proposal -- FY2010 Agricultural Appropriations -- ISSUES FOR CONGRESS -- Aid Effectiveness -- Demand-Driven Aid Strategies -- Cash vs. Commodities -- Monetization -- Local or Regional Procurement -- Cargo Preference -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 INTERNATIONAL FOOD AID: U.S. AND OTHER DONOR CONTRIBUTIONS -- SUMMARY -- INTERNATIONAL FOOD AID SHIPMENTS OF MAJOR DONORS -- FOOD AID CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM -- COMMITMENTS UNDER THE FOOD AID CONVENTION -- APPENDIX A. FOOD AID BY MAJOR DONOR, 1995/96-2006/07 -- APPENDIX B. FOOD AID CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM, 1996-2010 -- APPENDIX C. FOOD AID CONVENTION 1999-ANNUAL OPERATIONS: 2000/2001-2009/2010 (JULY/JUNE) -- End Notes -- Chapter 3 WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: STRONGER CONTROLS NEEDED IN HIGH-RISK AREAS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY -- WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS -- WHAT GAO FOUND -- BACKGROUND -- Contributions to WFP -- WFP Governance, Oversight, and Management Structure

This paper argues that discussion of new food-safety governance should be framed by the realization that the dominant food system within which food-safety governance is designed to makes food safe is itself a structural and systemic sources of food un-safety, poor health and a future of food insecurity for many. For some, an appropriate policy response lies in addressing the connections between the food system and diseases such as heart disease, obesity and diabetes. For others it means subsuming food-safety governance within food security governance. For yet others, safe food implies food sovereignty governance and the primacy of a climate change resilient food system. Conventional approaches to food-safety governance are typically framed within a liability model of responsibility that has limited usefulness for addressing institutional, structural or systemic sources of harm such as those critics increasingly attribute to the dominant food system and which are not amenable to remedy by food-safety governance as it is widely understood. One cannot identify critical hazard points where risk is to be managed. These are food-system safety challenges. Because food-safety governance is so deeply political there needs to be greater attention to issues of governance rather than the more usual focus on the technologies of food-safety. Feminist political theorists have much to contribute to re-thinking food-safety governance in the context of diversity and the complexities of power. One could usefully start with the simple questions, "what food is to be kept-safe, for whom and who is the subject of food-safety governance in a post-Westphalian political economic order?" These questions can help unpack both the narrow parochialism and the misleading universalism of food-safety talk. This paper answers that neither the citizens of a particular state (or network of states) nor the falsely universalizing identity of 'the consumer' are adequate answers to these questions about 'who' and 'what'. Answering these questions about who and what with respect to food-safety governance brings issues of justice, ecology, public health and the legitimacy and nature of governance itself into the heart of food-safety discussions.

"Throughout the world, millions of people face food insecurity every day. Although the United States is a prosperous country, it is not immune to this problem. Concerns about where their next meal is coming from plague hundreds of thousands of Americans. Understanding what food insecurity means is the first step toward solving it. Informative text and engaging fact boxes give readers a better understanding of the facts surrounding this often complex issue. A list of ways young people can become more involved in combating food insecurity is also included to help them take a more active role in their community"--

Food insecurity can result from various events. When food is abundant, the entitlement to food is limited by endowments, the ability to trade, and potential transfers from family or the government. This volume utilizes a country and regional perspective to examine food insecurity. We consider the interaction between income and the share of household expenditures on food. The epidemiological risk assessment approach to food security issues is utilized as a function of agricultural and production, food distribution, and health policies. The interdependence of food security and climate change is examined. Overall trends in economic growth and poverty reduction, constraints and bottlenecks in agricultural productivity growth, regional trade agreements, and other influential policies are reviewed and discussed. We also consider food security as related to food consumption patterns and obesity. The role of income diversification as well as the impact of Farmer School Fields on food security are examined. The impact of inheritance and transfer entitlements is examined as we consider the role of remittances as well as 'ganyu' or casual labor in determining food security.

ABSTRACTThe entire world is facing significant challenges in the coming decades. It has been demonstrated that many countries must prepare themselves to face a considerable rise in food consumption and corresponding food waste. There must be a cooperation of consumers, retailers, producers and government to solve this complex issue. Their efforts to decrease food waste would offer a significant sustainable alternative to scale up food manufacturing that leading to a stabling food security internally and internationally. Governments and businesses should develop food loss and food waste prevention throughout the entire supply chain. There should be a higher effort on decreasing post-harvest losses in early stages in the food value chain in the developing countries. Meanwhile, in the developed countries, the government should have policies to reduce food waste at consumer level which could minimize food being unnecessarily thrown away. Governments should also support the establishment of independent organizations which could facilitate and assess efforts to decrease food waste, such as the WRAP in the UK in grocery and hospitality supply chain.Keywords: food loss, food waste, food value chain, reuse, cycle